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Menu Plan Monday: The Week of Quinoa

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Menu Plan Monday: The Week of Quinoa

The start of a new year is usually a time in which I like to experiment with new recipes. Not necessary anything fancy, just fresh options to fold into my usual routine. I’ve had some fun and successful recipe experimentation recently, but the week ahead will also include a lot of my favorites from 2015. Apparently, all of them include quinoa, which is something I realized only after I had planned and shopped (hence the title of this post). Oh well–there are worse things than week full of quinoa!

While it won’t exactly be a theme, per se, the overarching emphasis in my kitchen this month (and consequently, of the blog) will be “back to basics.” I’m getting back into my batch cooking and weekly menu planning routine, and I’ll be focusing on simple, versatile recipes that have the potential to become household regulars. The cabbage soup that Steven and I enjoyed over New Year’s is definitely a contender for this category. And I have a new quinoa dish planned for Tuesday that might hopefully be a keeper, too.

And that’s that. Looking forward to cooking and eating it all. And I can’t wait to share the new soup recipe with you tomorrow–it’s so simple and delicious, and it’ll give you leftovers for days. Till soon!

11 Responses to "Menu Plan Monday: The Week of Quinoa"

OoOo I can’t wait to see this recipe for rustic cabbage, chickpea, and wild rice soup! I’m always looking for fresh options to fold into my routine and will definitely be trying a few of these out. Cheers to a happy, healthy 2016 dear!

That cream of broccoli and qunioa looks so good, I wish I wasn’t on paleo this month! Quinoa is a super grain that deserves the great rep, and I’m glad to see it getting the full treatment in your kitchen.

Looking forward to the soup recipe! I make a lot more rice than quinoa, since quinoa is so expensive. I had leftover soupy red lentils from a recipe fail last week (from the Vedge cookbook of all places, can you believe it?!) and I used your red lentil and quinoa cakes recipe as a template to morph them into patties- they came out great! Next time I’ll try the recipe as written.